Open‑source tooling updates
Linux firmware updater Fwupd hit 2.1.1 and Qt Creator 19 shipped with a minimap and MCP server support — part of a wave of open‑source releases covered in the recent FOSS Weekly roundup FOSS Weekly Qt Creator. Small developer tooling bumps like these accelerate device firmware delivery and IDE productivity.
Fwupd 2.1.1 was announced github.com on Mar 12, 2026, as the next feature release for the Linux firmware updater. The changelog adds AMD Platform Secure Boot support, a new HP Sure Start security check, a tpm-eventlog command, and CycloneDX/SPDX output for uSWID. github.com The 2.1.1 release also drops dependencies on json‑glib, libarchive, and protobuf‑c and removes the concept of "blocked firmware," while allowing systems to use the udev event source without systemd. github.com Multiple device-specific fixes include restoring Dell dock NVM activation and addressing potential out‑of‑bounds reads in several parsers. github.com Qt Creator 19 was published on Mar 12, 2026 and introduces an optional minimap for text editors, streamlined remote device configuration, and a basic MCP server to let external assistants interact with the IDE. qt.io The MCP server in Qt Creator 19 exposes actions such as opening files, building, running and debugging to LLM-style clients, and the release notes list expanded lightweight project handling for Ant, Cargo,.NET, Gradle, and Swift. github.com
